Foreign exchange trading, also called forex, is the world's largest financial market. With a volume of over 15 trillion a day, it's more than three times as much as the world's total stock and futures trading, so currency trading is like you can see a vast market.
What is being traded in the currency market?
The simple answer is money. Currency trading is, at the same time, … [Read more...]

Benefits of Investing in Mutual Funds
Mutual funds are top-rated and have been for many years, but what exactly are mutual funds, and how does an investor begin investing in mutual funds? Mutual funds are collections of stocks and/or bonds that are managed by a fund manager, that sells shares of the fund to investors. Shares in the mutual fund do not have any direct … [Read more...]

Common stock
What is it?
As its name already says, the common stock is the most common type of stock you will find being traded in the marketplace. When anyone is talking about stock in general and the stock market as well as prices going up and down, they are most probably referring to the common stock. All stocks are of course traded through a middle person, a company some … [Read more...]

Sooner or later every company needs several ways to raise money to fund production or services or to open a new office, factory or hire more people. In that case, companies either borrow money or raise money by actually selling stocks to various investors. As soon as you own a share of stock, you are the owner of a part of the company and have a claim on every asset and every … [Read more...]